Generator

I have got an old Honda 5 kva genset,its as noisy as,and take a fullsize chest freezer on the trailer,flood lights and a house entertainment system.
Its the easiest way to make sure you have room in a small campground.You drive the neighbors out.

Andrew

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

take the car for a drive. Its better than finding out that your expensive generator has vibrated itself into the ground filled its bearings with mud killed them and on the way has picked up a heap of water and shorted itself out.

lets just say that siting the genny in the dead ground was a good idea when it wasnt raining and once it started raining forays out from under tarpmahal were soley restricted to getting the next round of drinks out of the car, to haul more wood to the fire or to take a slash.

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only if your a dope and don't no what you are doing yes that could happen, anyway solar is a good idea but not for me,i just wanted to no if anybody has bought one of these cheap Chinese inverter generators and what are they like, not what i should be taking camping that's my business full stop.

Spook
The AGR Machinery mob on ebay has Honda copies at a quater of what I paid for my Honda EU20.Around $600 delivered.If you arent pushing it to its limits its worth the gamble in you cant afford spending the $$$ on the Honda.Love mine,yet to take it camping.Its helped no end in a couple of power outages.
Andrew

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Originally Posted by spook

has bought one of these cheap Chinese inverter generators and what are they like, not what i should be taking camping that's my business full stop.

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if you're looking at the same cheap jap crap 2000w gennies that I looked at for about $250 on ebay I got some bad news for you. They aint inverter, thems old school governed engine spinning an alternator type gennies and they are the penultimate of WOFTAM. They make as much noise as a pollie pre election and have a power output about as stable as decade old nitro.


Just remember if your all out of battery and your genny wont start your in a worse position than the bloke with solar, even on overcast days the solar panels will give something and he can just wait it out for the sun.

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i just wanted to no if anybody has bought one of these cheap Chinese inverter generators and what are they like, not what i should be taking camping that's my business full stop.

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I guess I didn't answer clearly, but I decided to buy a second hand good quality Yamaha 1000 4 stroke generator rather than a new Chinese one. I was lucky to get one with almost no hours for $300. It is not inverter but has a stable output. Downside is that it is 24KG rather than 14 for an inverter and is 60DB vs 52db.

I have read mixed reports on the Chinese ones from terrible to good. My impression is that it is a bit of a lottery. Super Cheap now sell one that looks OK and their warranty support should be good.
Regards Philip A

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

if you're looking at the same cheap jap crap 2000w gennies that I looked at for about $250 on ebay I got some bad news for you. They aint inverter, thems old school governed engine spinning an alternator type gennies and they are the penultimate of WOFTAM. They make as much noise as a pollie pre election and have a power output about as stable as decade old nitro.


Just remember if your all out of battery and your genny wont start your in a worse position than the bloke with solar, even on overcast days the solar panels will give something and he can just wait it out for the sun.

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your looking at the wrong ones.

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

I guess I didn't answer clearly, but I decided to buy a second hand good quality Yamaha 1000 4 stroke generator rather than a new Chinese one. I was lucky to get one with almost no hours for $300. It is not inverter but has a stable output. Downside is that it is 24KG rather than 14 for an inverter and is 60DB vs 52db.

I have read mixed reports on the Chinese ones from terrible to good. My impression is that it is a bit of a lottery. Super Cheap now sell one that looks OK and their warranty support should be good.
Regards Philip A

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Thanks i have been doing a fair bit of finding out about these Chinese gens on the net on other forum sites and i will leave them alone might look at the Honda battery charger one its only small and can pump up to 55amps not that you do that to your battery, anyway thanks for the help.:)

This would be the one Im talking about.
MTM Inverter Generator Silent 4.2kVA Camping Caravan - eBay Guns, Sprayers, Painting Supplies, Building Materials, DIY, Home. (end time 15-Aug-10 15:15:36 AEST)

I bought my block splitter from this mob.It did fail and I paid for repairs rather than return to base for the warranty.They could have told me to go shove it as I didnt send the machine back,but they did come to the party and paid me a portion of my costs,A win win in my opinion.
They were EXCELENT in communicating the whole way thru the situation.
Andrew

buy a 35A alternator from a wreckers. a whipper snipper and hook the 2 together with about $5 in scrap steel and youve got a home brew version of the honda 55a battery charger, I knocked on up just on a "I wonder" basis

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Originally Posted by fraser130

I disagree.

I have one 125watt panel, it can run all my lights, music, Charge my laptop and run my 70litre fridge, and have my second battery fully charged by around midday.
I can camp as long as I want with no generator.
the panel was $1200, regulator was $200.
so $1400 and a little effort to set it up, and I never have to hear a generator (or anyone else for that matter)

Fraser

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You can now buy that for about a third of this now.
As for parking in the sun I have a 20metre lead for my panels so I park in the shade and put the panels in the sun.
They still work when cloudy just not as well.

Dave.